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The Investigating Department for Kabardino-Balkaria of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has taken control over the investigation into a complaint of torture used by law enforcers against Rustam Kuchmenov, a resident of Nalchik, the Committee Against Torture reports.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian made a harsh comment on the statement voiced by Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov about the responsibility of Paris for an attack on passers-by committed by Chechen native Khamzat Azimov.

Today, Nikol Pashinyan, the new Prime Minister of Armenia, has signed decrees on the dismissal of the chief court superintendent, the head of the department for state property management, three deputy ministers and the chief secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov treats a letter, in which cultural figures, journalists and religious figures asked President Vladimir Putin "to put an end to the persecution of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) 'Memorial'."

In Dagestan, according to the decision of the Council of Alims of the republic, the fasting in honour of the holy month of Ramadan will begin on May 17. In that matter, the Muftiate of Dagestan disagrees with the Council of Muftis for Russia, which declared the holy month of Ramadan to be started on May 16.

A marathon has been held in Baku. All the funds raised during it will be directed to support children deprived of parental care. The marathon has become a PR-action for the authorities and measures to support social orphans should not be advertised, believes Natiq Jafarli, a member of the Mejlis of the "Republican Initiative" Party.

At the Eurasian Economic Union summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin met Nikol Pashinyan, who became the Prime Minister of Armenia after large-scale protests.

In Chechnya, the distribution of gifts at the grand opening of the city centre has ended in conflicts among children. Residents complained about the bad organization of the action.

The law on the voluntary study of national languages at schools will lead to the disappearance of the nations inhabiting the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) and the republic itself, and may trigger conflicts. This was stated by Madina Khakuasheva, a philologist, and Valery Khatazhukov, human rights defender.

The checks of information about the persecution of gays in Chechnya have reached a deadlock, as the authorities failed to find any members of the LGBT community there, Alexander Konovalov, the acting Russia's Minister of Justice, has announced.

A citizen of Azerbaijan is found guilty of sexual abuse of a five-year-old girl in Kaspiysk.

Scientists and art workers, clergymen, journalists and rights defenders have called on Vladimir Putin to transfer the consideration of the case of Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", to the federal level.

Organizers of the protest action "For Our Rights" and the Georgian Minister of Internal Affairs decided to create two groups to resolve drug policy issues and analyze the police actions during raids to nightclubs.

Shamkhal Petrosyan, a soldier, born in 1998, was seriously wounded as a result of a shot from the Azerbaijani side, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Nagorno-Karabakh reports.

According to the version of the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS) banned in Russia, a native of Chechnya, who committed a terror act in Paris, mentioned his attack was provoked by France bombing his companions.

Over the past day, the armed forces of Armenia have violated the ceasefire regime 98 times, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) reports.

During the week of May 7-14, 2018, there were no victims to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

After negotiations with protesters, Giorgi Gakhariya, Georgian Minister of Internal Affairs, came out to participants of the action "For Our Freedom" and apologized for a special operation in nightclubs.

Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Chechnya, has confirmed the Chechen origin of an attacker on passers-by in Paris. Meanwhile, he has said that Khamzat Azimov had long been living in France and the French authorities were responsible for his deed.

A man who killed one and wounded four other passers-by in Paris on May 12 turned out to be a native of Chechnya, a source from the French judicial authorities report. Responsibility for the terror act was claimed by the "Islamic State" (IS) banned in Russia.